Kentucky Teacher of the Year moves from background to spotlight
Ron Skillern, who has been teaching social studies for more than 30 years, tried to retire in 2014 but he just couldn’t stay away from the classroom.
Kentucky history teachers’ conference registration open
Registration is open for the Kentucky Association of Teachers of History (KATH) Annual Meeting Oct. 29 at the University of Kentucky’s William T. Young Library in Lexington. The conference features two plenary sessions, a roundtable discussion, the KATH business meeting and elections. There also will be a pre-conference reception and optional tour at Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate. The conference [...]
Teachers invited to two-week summer program in Scotland
The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) is giving teachers the opportunity to study in Scotland June 23-July 8, 2017, and to earn college credit hours in a variety of subjects. The two-week program offers classes that explore various aspects of Scotland’s past and present and includes visits to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands. Participants can earn graduate or undergraduate [...]
Kentucky Junior Historical Society welcoming new chapters
Registration is open for new chapters of the Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS), a club-like program that can help teachers engage their students with Kentucky history. The KJHS program focuses on Kentucky history and offers a flexible format – after-school or curriculum-based – that can be tailored to the needs of schools and teachers. Teachers receive a handbook with activities [...]
Teachers invited to learn about National History Day program
Teachers are invited to watch a webinar on engaging their students in history through National History Day at 7 p.m. ET Sept. 7. The National History Day program cultivates student interest in a variety of topics, helps students develop research and critical thinking skills, helps them become experts in a topic they are passionate about and boosts their confidence in [...]
Students learn history by creating it
Bullitt County teacher Doug Henry’s students learn about the past by imagining what could have happened.
Students taking action
Teachers learn how giving up some control prepares students to live and participate in a democratic society.
Expanding my classroom walls, one post at a time
Greenup County High School teacher Jill Armstrong shares how the Global Nomad Group helped the students in her U.S. History class embark on a cultural field trip that took them to Pakistan.
History education conference registration open
Registration is open for the Kentucky Historical Society’s 2016 Kentucky History Education Conference June 23 at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort. The theme of the conference for K-12 educators is “Taking a Stand in History.” There will be a keynote presentation from the Kentucky Humanities Council on its school programs, a Chautauqua performance of U.S. [...]
KHS seeks proposals for history education conference
The Kentucky Historical Society is accepting proposals for its Kentucky History Education Conference (KHEC) June 23 in Frankfort. Educators who have a lesson or activity – especially involving primary sources – that would benefit other social studies teachers are invited to submit proposals, which should be loosely tied to the conference theme, “Taking a Stand in History.” The deadline for [...]